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-----Original Message----- From: fboweb.com [mailto:newslet...@fboweb.com] Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 10:47 PM To: fboweb.com user Subject: fboweb.com Newsletter; Track flights in 3D! WHATS NEW WITH FBOWEB.COM? DECEMBER 1, 2005 **** This special announcement is being sent out to all users because some folks are stil using the old version of the website. Please update your bookmarks; see the newsletter below for more information. **** Sorry for the intrusion! fboweb.com is the Internet's most popular web-based flight tracking service. In addition to flight tracking, fboweb.com offers a vast array of free tools and features for pilots, aviation industry organizations, and the casual aviation enthusiast. Search for and obtain information on Airports, their runways, frequencies, diagrams, FBOs and Services, fuel prices, and much more. You can also look up aircraft N-Numbers, obtain weather information, view current RVR data for major airports around the US, and of course - track commercial and general aviation flights anywhere in the US! And its all available online, or wirelessly, from-the-field, using most handheld PDA devices...! Recent news: 1) ITS TIME TO KICK IT UP A NOTCH! THE NEW WEBSITE IS ONLINE! 2) TRACK FLIGHTS IN 3D, REAL-TIME WITH GOOGLE EARTH! 3) IMPROVED AIRPORT STATUS DISPLAY, GREAT FOR FBO LOBBIES AND FLIGHT DEPTS 4) NEED TO TRACK BLOCK FLIGHTS THAT YOU OWN OR OPERATE? NO PROBLEM! 5) ADDITIONAL EXCITING ANOUNCEMENTS DUE OUT IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS! 6) GREAT MEETING EVERYONE AT NBAA 2005 ORLANDO! SEE YOU NEXT YEAR! 7) SEND US YOUR WEBSITES! ADD YOUR SITE TO OUR LINKS DATABASE 8) TOOLS FOR YOUR AVIATION WEBSITE; CURRENT IFR TRAFFIC COUNT, AIRSPACE ANIMATION VIDEOS! 9) THANKS TO THE FBOs AND PILOTS FOR KEEPING US UP-TO-DATE ************************************************************************** 1) ITS TIME TO KICK IT UP A NOTCH! THE NEW WEBSITE IS ONLINE! Back in 2000, Aviation Data Systems unleashed fboweb.com, the worlds first completely web-based flight tracking system. Since that time, we have pioneered some of the most innovative and creative solutions for the aviation community, and that creativity and excitement is what has lead us to be the most popular flight tracking system available. Our old website, while it served its purpose, was falling short on its capabilities, and we felt that we needed to greatly alter both the functionality of the site and the overall image we portrayed. That evolution has finally come to fruition, and is now online at www.fboweb.com - so if you're still using the old system, be sure to go to www.fboweb.com and update all of your bookmarks to point to the most recent pages for the features of your choice. The new site has a completely new look-and-feel, and condenses the numerous menu tabs down to five main categories; Flight Tracking, Aero Info, Pilot Services, Scheduling and Dispatch, and Operations. All of the features previously offered on the old web site are re-organized, and can be found within these categories. The obvious one, Flight Tracking services, stays pretty much the same. The Aero Info section holds all features that pertain to aeronautical information, such as the Airport information, N-Number registration lookups, weather information, and other tools. The Pilot Services tab contains all of the useful features and tools that are geared specifically towards pilots, including the ability to file and maintain flight plans online (a free service!) as well as the Pilot's Logbook service. Stay tuned for some exciting announcements in this area...! The Scheduling and Dispatch system will eventually house our schedule management system once it is complete. The Operations menu is great for charter companies, airlines, FBOs, and other businesses, and provides management tools to aid in productivity and the operation of your organization. From here, Charter Companies can create 3rd party tracking packets to help their clients track the trips easily and automatically, and FBOs can update their fuel prices and other specifics about their operation. In addition to these main categories, the home page of fboweb.com is now a completely customizable portal, where you can get statistical information about the US airspace system, view a snapshot of nationwide and local weather, and get a quick-glance view of aircraft in your FleetWatch lists. Of course, the services detailed above reflect just a small portion of whats available on fboweb.com - and there's a whole lot more to come :-) Stay tuned to the fboweb.com home page for the latest news and information about the site...! 2) TRACK FLIGHTS IN 3D, REAL-TIME WITH GOOGLE EARTH! You may remember that last year, fboweb.com teamed up with the Google Developers to provide special integration on their web search engine so that users can track flights directly from the Google home page. Well now we've furthered that relationship, and have begun integrating fboweb.com with Google Earth. Definitely one of the most exciting features we've announced in recent days, you can now opt to track flights using this amazing 3D mapping application that is freely downloadable via earth.google.com. To test it out, download and install Google Earth, and click your web browser to http://www.fboweb.com/antest/ge/intro.aspx and check out a view of live flights headed in to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). This demo is available now, but over the next two weeks, fboweb.com will be unveiling many more features that integrate with Google Earth, including the ability to access historical flight information on any IFR flight dating back to November of 2001 - see the entire flight in complete detail, complete with its flight path and altitude information. This is definitely an amazing feature to see first hand. Special thanks to the folks at Google for making this tool available. 3) IMPROVED AIRPORT STATUS DISPLAY, GREAT FOR FBO LOBBIES AND FLIGHT DEPTS fboweb.com has greatly improved its' "Airport Status Display" feature. This feature, great for FBO lobbies and aviation dispatch offices, provides a full-screen flight tracking snapshot, updating once every minute. The snapshot includes a map of the surrounding area, as well as a text-based listing of flights, with arrival and departure times. The screen now expands depending on the size of the browser, so if you have a full-screen plasma, for example, you can expand the page to fit the entire screen. You can also sell advertising on this banner page and earn revenue from this display! Contact serv...@fboweb.com for additional information. 4) NEED TO TRACK BLOCK FLIGHTS THAT YOU OWN OR OPERATE? NO PROBLEM! We've had numerous requests from users in the past who wish to track flights that they own or operate that have been blocked under the NBAA's BARR program. fboweb.com can configure the site so that you and any account you choose are able to track these blocked flights, while still leaving them invisible to the general public. This service is provided at no additional cost, and is included in your tracking subscription. For additional details on the BARR program, click to: http://www.fboweb.com/fb40/pu/info/barr.aspx For information on how to view your blocked flights, click to: http://www.fboweb.com/fb40/pu/info/viewblocked.aspx 5) ADDITIONAL EXCITING ANOUNCEMENTS DUE OUT IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS! Now that the new website is finally online, there has been little rest for the fboweb.com development crew; we've been hard at work at some amazing flight tracking tools which will provide some pretty amazing functionality. Stay tuned to the fboweb.com home page for news on these forthcoming services! 6) GREAT MEETING EVERYONE AT NBAA 2005 ORLANDO! SEE YOU NEXT YEAR! A special thanks to everyone who stopped by our booth... it was great meeting everyone, and it was especially useful hearing everyone's feedback and wish- lists! We were a little suprised at the outpouring of thanks from all of the users for providing fboweb.com... and we'd like to thank you all for being great customers, and for providing us with your feedback! You are what help us make the site more useful and beneficial, so keep the ideas and suggestions coming...! See you next year at NBAA 2006 in Orlando! 7) SEND US YOUR WEBSITES! ADD YOUR SITE TO OUR LINKS DATABASE In our continuing quest to grow our database of aviation-related sites, we're sending out the call to all of our users to submit your entries for our Links database. If you know if a great aviation-related website, enter it in so we can list it online! To Add a link, or to see our current listing, point your browser to http://www.fboweb.com/fb40/pu/links/links2.aspx ...and thanks for your contributions...! 8) TOOLS FOR YOUR AVIATION WEBSITE; CURRENT IFR TRAFFIC COUNT, AIRSPACE ANIMATION VIDEOS! Do you currently run an aviation-related website? If so, you may be able to benefit from some of the website air-traffic tools we have available. Our offering is a banner that displays the current count of IFR flights due inbound for a particular airport. These banners are free for everyone to use! Also available are some amazing animated, time-lapse videos of US and UK airspace over the previous 24 hour period, compiled automatically once per hour. These videos are amazing to look at, and can give you some amazing insight to the flow of air traffic over the course of a day. For more information, point your browser to http://www.fboweb.com/fb40/pu/tools.aspx 9) THANKS TO THE FBOs AND PILOTS FOR KEEPING US UP-TO-DATE As always, thanks to the thousands of fboweb.com users (now over 121,000 strong!) who keep our information updated. If you have information on FBOs or fuel prices, be sure to stop by your airport's page and plug it all in! FBOs who update their fueld prices are listed directly on the home page for additional exposure to tens of thousands of aviation consumers! ************************************************************************** Be sure to stop by www.fboweb.com for the latest in aviation information! fboweb.com is a service of Aviation Data Systems, Inc. For questions, comments, or for more information, please contact us - serv...@fboweb.com
